My name is Carlo DeVito, and I am the author of East Coast Wineries: A Complete Guide from Maine to Virginia published by Rutgers University Press. This blog is dedicated to primarily east coast wines and wineries including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. It will also feature products and information from other regions.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Thanksgiving Farm Franc Blanc and Meritage - An Elegant Pair (MD)

While I was at the DLW 2013 Grand Tasting at Camden Yards in
Baltimore, MD, I started to hear some buzz among the wine writers. Had I tried
the two very nice wines from Thanksgiving Farm?

I am not stranger to Thanksgiving Farm. I reviewed them
several years ago. But I had not sampled their wines in a while…not because I didn’t
want to…I just couldn’t get my hands on it.

Thanksgiving Farm® wines are grown, produced and bottled at
Thanksgiving Farm in Harwood, Southern Anne Arundel County, Maryland, by Doug
and Maureen Heimbuch. It’s a family owned and operated business dedicated to
grape growing and wine making.

Thanksgiving Farm is approximately 58 acres in size and was
once part of a 332 acre farm called Richland. In 1892, Richland was purchased
by Robert and Mary Cheston from the estate of John Kremelburg. In 1954, the
Cheston family sold 58 acres of Richland to the Taliaferro family, who named
the parcel Thanksgiving Farm. The Taliaferros sold Thanksgiving Farm to the
Heimbuch family in 1996, at which time there were no vineyards at Thanksgiving
Farm.

To preserve the rural character of Thanksgiving Farm in
perpetuity, the Heimbuch family granted Anne Arundel County, Maryland, a
conservation easement for the Farm under the County’s Agricultural and Woodland
Preservation Program.

Thanksgiving Farm® Franc Blanc is made from the white juice
of Cabernet Franc grapes. An amazing wine. Great flavor. Bright, crisp, with
tremendous flavor. This was one of the biggest surprises of the tasting. A white wine made from Cab Franc?! Too cool! And t's a great white!

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About Me

Carlo DeVito is a long time wine lover, and author of books and magazine articles. He is the author of Wineries of the East Coast. He has traveled to wine regions in California, Canada, up and down the east coast, France, Spain and Chile. He has been a published executive for more than 20 years. He shepherded the wine book program of Wine Spectator as well as worked with Kevin Zraly, Oz Clarke, Matt Kramer, Tom Stevenson, Evan Dawson, Greg Moore, Howard Goldberg, and many other wine writers. He has also published Salvatore Calabrese, Jim Meehan, Clay Risen, and Paul Knorr.
Mr. DeVito is the inventor of the mini-kit which has sold more than 100,000,000 copies world wide. He has also publisher such writers as Stephen Hawking, E. O Wilson, Philip Caputo, Gilbert King, James McPherson, John and Mary Gribbin, Thomas Hoving, David Margolick, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., John Edgar Wideman, Stanley Crouch, Dan Rather, Dee Brown, Susie Bright, and Eleanor Clift.
He is also the owner of Hudson-Chatham Winery, co-founder of the Hudson Berkshire Beverage Trail, and president of the Hudson Valley Wine Country.
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